‘Spirits for Sale‘ is the new book from prolific Fredericton poet, Jordan Trethewey. Beautifully illustrated by Dutch artist Marcel Herms, the collection explores the uniquely modern and bizarre phenomenon of selling haunted objects online. Continue reading Book Review: Jordan Trethewey & Marcel Herms’ ‘Spirits for Sale’ is Haunted by Your eBay Purchases
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New Music: Ceeb Dread Brings Back Boom Bap With ‘The 5th’
For a city that’s really a glorified small town, Fredericton has a thoroughly diverse soundscape. Jazz and Blues is a source of community pride, DJ’s and dance acts are thriving, metal is an underground, sleeping behemoth, and indie-hipster rock rules supreme at most venues. Unfortunately, some genres tend to get lost amongst all the competing noise. Continue reading New Music: Ceeb Dread Brings Back Boom Bap With ‘The 5th’
Gary Flanagan Re-Releases ‘Lights & Frost’ Just In Time For The Holidays
Christmas has a rich history of cultural ritual and personal custom, including all the trimmings of turkey, cartoons, family, and the inevitable awkwardness that ensues. It’s a time to be happy and humble, giving and grateful… and assimilate to the every whim of ma/pa, nanny/grampy and previously-estranged uncles/aunts and cousins who decided, for whatever reason, this was their year. The holidays are not always a joyous time for everyone because—let’s be honest—belonging is hard.
In 2012, an antidote to yuletide adversity was given unto man in the form of Lights and Frost, the 10th full length studio album by Gary Flanagan.
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New Music: SHRIMP Ring’s Interstellar Dance Party ‘Activate Your Function EP’
On an ordinary, boring day in 2016, with the bleakness of Saint John’s dim sky darkened to an unusually apocalyptic shade, a shadowy saucer descended from the overcast skies, bringing mad cosmic beats! There were some who danced and some who shoegazed. Others simply bobbed their craniums in what could only be interpreted as a sign of optimistic approval. Many, however, thought the planet itself to be doomed; then, a seductive voice boomed, “COME BACK TO MY PLACE.” Continue reading New Music: SHRIMP Ring’s Interstellar Dance Party ‘Activate Your Function EP’
New Music: Starving Ghosts’ Hauntingly Beautiful ‘Une Année à Moncton’
When JE Sheehy isn’t shredding strings for Fredericton based hard-rock band, Deep Fryer, he apparently spends his time as a reclusive solo artist, specializing in ambient instrumentals. A triple threat of creativity, to his credit, Sheehy is not only a musician but also a bilingual journalist and radio host. Over the course of the last year, Sheehy has been releasing a series of singles and EP’s under the aptly titled moniker of Starving Ghosts. In December these tracks will be collected for the first time outside of SoundCloud, to form a proper album, released via local New Brunswick label, Bored Coast Records. Continue reading New Music: Starving Ghosts’ Hauntingly Beautiful ‘Une Année à Moncton’